Thursday, June 23, 2011

A New Deadly Sin for Today's Wacky World

There are many kinds of dishonesty, and honestly I've been guilty of any number of them, but there are some forms that particularly rankle me. The dishonesty of political leaders is one of them.

And it's not about doing something stupid, denying it vociferously to the world, then going on to admit that, yes, well, I did in fact do that stupid thing.

That's bad but what's worse is a leader who deliberately tells a lie and does it because they know that people want to believe that lie and will therefore vote for anyone who tells them that lie and who defends it with full-throated vigor. Here is an example from a certain politician who's star is currently rising in national politics:

"As a matter of fact, carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful, but there isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas."

About Me

The ArrghPtoo! Project starts with me making a drawing every day that simply and directly addresses what's going on around me and inside my head at that particular moment in time. I decided to use my iPhone and the Brushes app because 1) I've always got my iPhone on me, even when I'm in my pajamas, and b) I like the primitive technology and small format of the Brushes app - it keeps me honest somehow.

I'm an artist, graphic designer, musical entertainer, husband, and father. Originally from California, I've been living in New York for 25 years and counting. I've graduated from art school, got a masters degree in telecommunications, worked for corporate giants and feisty start-ups, displayed and sold my art, and played for years in the world's greatest post-modern jug band, Washboard Jungle.

I love my life and I love to draw. And I love my iPhone. Those three things get married online in ArrghPtoo! Please to enjoy.

To see my other work on canvas and paper, go to stuartvance.com. Thank you.